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Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after Taliban banned poppy cultivation
1 year, 1 month ago

Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after Taliban banned poppy cultivation

The Hindu  

Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to a report from the UN drugs agency published on Sunday. Afghans need urgent humanitarian assistance to meet their most immediate needs, absorb the shock of lost income and save lives, said UNODC executive director, Ghada Waly. A September report …

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Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation
1 year, 1 month ago

Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivation

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to a report from the U.N. drugs agency published Sunday. Afghans need urgent humanitarian assistance to meet their most immediate needs, absorb the shock of lost income and save lives, said UNODC executive director, Ghada Waly. A September …

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World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: All you need to know
1 year, 4 months ago

World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: All you need to know

India Today  

The annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons serves the purpose of raising awareness about human trafficking trends as identified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2023: THEME The theme of World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023 is ‘Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind’. WORLD DAY AGAINST …

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World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: Date, history, theme and more
1 year, 4 months ago

World Day against Trafficking in Persons 2023: Date, history, theme and more

Live Mint  

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is observed on July 30 every year to raise awareness about the trends in human trafficking identified by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. While explaining the seriousness of the problem, UN noted, “Trafficking in persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Almost every country in the …

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Royal Foundation partners with United Nations to fight illegal wildlife trade
1 year, 5 months ago

Royal Foundation partners with United Nations to fight illegal wildlife trade

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Prince and Princess of Wales’s Royal Foundation has partnered with the United Nations Office …

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UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia
1 year, 6 months ago

UN says organised crime shifting drugs routes in Southeast Asia

Al Jazeera  

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says almost 151 tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Southeast, East Asia in 2022. “Transnational organised crime groups anticipate, adapt and try to circumvent what governments do, and in 2022, we saw them work around Thai borders in the Golden Triangle more than in the past,” Jeremy Douglas, UNODC regional representative for Southeast Asia …

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Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN
1 year, 10 months ago

Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN

The Hindu  

Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup, the UN's drugs office said Thursday, as political and economic turmoil drove farmers to cultivate the crop. The area of land used for opium poppy cultivation expanded by a third to just over 40,000 hectares in 2021-22 — the first full growing season since the coup — …

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Climate-related disasters increases human trafficking risks, says UN
1 year, 11 months ago

Climate-related disasters increases human trafficking risks, says UN

Firstpost  

As entire regions of the world are at risk of becoming ‘increasingly uninhabitable’, millions will face a ‘high risk of exploitation along migration routes, the UN report said Vienna, Austria: Evidence is emerging that climate-related disasters are becoming a cause of human trafficking as criminal gangs exploit a growing number of uprooted people, the UN said Tuesday. The continuing war …

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Covid-19 and meth: Production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to the pandemic, UNODC report says
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 and meth: Production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to the pandemic, UNODC report says

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Asia’s drug cartels adapted quickly to the pandemic in 2020, flooding markets with synthetic narcotics worth tens of billions of dollars even as the global economy ground to a halt, according to a new United Nations report. These groups started using lesser-regulated chemicals to produce illicit drugs, manufactured narcotics in new locations that were hard for …

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